Karnstown Mining Cooperative
In an effort to provide support for those who would make their fortune extracting tin from the mountains, the Karnstown Mining Cooperative is pleased to provide reasonably priced access to tools, supplies, foodstuffs, and any other item that may be needed by cooperative members.
The above is wording taken from the agreement that every prospective tin miner - at least those who wish to have even a remote chance of success - signs when they come to Stannilode to work an existing mine or stake a claim for a new ore source. These words are optimistic at best. What the signers are really guaranteeing is that they'll be able to pay exhorbitant prices for necessary goods - but that's better than having no access to goods at all. They will benefit from the "cooperative safety program" which means Karn Family toughs won't find them in a darkened alley one evening.
The Karnstown Mining Cooperative is officially an entity owned by the miners themselves, but in reality it is little more than a tribute business in which each miner pays the Karn family 55% of their earnings in return for the ability to remain in business without 'terrible accidents'.
Once signed up, the miner can expect to receive 45% of the assayed value of any ore turned in, with the Cooperative keeping the rest for "administrative costs". In addition, a weekly stipend is posted to an account maintained at the General Goods shop that represents the miner's share of any profits that the Cooperative makes on selling finished metal from the smelteries. This stipend is rarely, if ever, enough to cover costs of weekly supplies purchased by the miner.
The above is wording taken from the agreement that every prospective tin miner - at least those who wish to have even a remote chance of success - signs when they come to Stannilode to work an existing mine or stake a claim for a new ore source. These words are optimistic at best. What the signers are really guaranteeing is that they'll be able to pay exhorbitant prices for necessary goods - but that's better than having no access to goods at all. They will benefit from the "cooperative safety program" which means Karn Family toughs won't find them in a darkened alley one evening.
The Karnstown Mining Cooperative is officially an entity owned by the miners themselves, but in reality it is little more than a tribute business in which each miner pays the Karn family 55% of their earnings in return for the ability to remain in business without 'terrible accidents'.
Joining the Cooperative
Newcomers to Ferrilode or Stannilode, two hamlets in the mountains west of Karnstown, are rapdily encouraged to join the Cooperative. If they have not voluntarily done so within a week or so of arriving and starting to prospect for ore, a representative team from the Cooperative's Accident Prevention arm will visit them and explain its benefits. This visit is usually enough to convince even the most skeptical of would-be miners, but occasionally, one will politely decline and claim they are willing to take their chances going it alone. These chances are universally quite poor.Once signed up, the miner can expect to receive 45% of the assayed value of any ore turned in, with the Cooperative keeping the rest for "administrative costs". In addition, a weekly stipend is posted to an account maintained at the General Goods shop that represents the miner's share of any profits that the Cooperative makes on selling finished metal from the smelteries. This stipend is rarely, if ever, enough to cover costs of weekly supplies purchased by the miner.
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